Bridget Adarkwa ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to Wharton Business School’s 21st Annual Africa Business Forum. Read Bridget’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ************************************ This past weekend, PCSE afforded me the opportunity to travel alongside…
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Enrichment Grant Report: Shira Engel ’14
Shira Engel ’14, author of the e-book Yoga U: The College Student’s Tools for Balanced Living and co-founder of WesBAM!, was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to the New York Women in Communications Student Career Conference. Read Shira’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more…
Lara Galinsky ’96 asks “What’s Your Problem”
Lara Galinsky ’96, Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Co-chair, is the senior vice president of Echoing Green, a global nonprofit that provides seed funding and technical assistance to emerging social entrepreneurs with ideas for social change. She is the co-author of Work on Purpose (2011) and Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact (2007). In Lara’s latest…
Sasha Chanoff wins 2013 Gleitsman International Activist Award
We just heard some exciting news about Wes alum Sasha Chanoff ’94 winning the 2013 Gleitsman International Activist Award! Courtesy of the Harvard Gazette: The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has named social entrepreneur Sasha Chanoff this year’s recipient of the Gleitsman International Activist Award for his tireless work as founder and executive…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Shyam Desai ’15
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Shyam Desai ’15. His first is here. ****************************************** After a long planning period, I was successfully able to…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Evan Okun ’13
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Evan Okun ’13. [Editor’s note: Two days after submitting this blog post, Evan found out that he…
Enrichment Grant Report: Ted Shabecoff ’16
Ted Shabecoff ’16 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to the Lend for America Conference for Ted and his Germinal Fund colleague, Jason Brandner ’16. Read their story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ************************************ This October, with the…
Tim Devane ’09 on a “Different Kind of Alumni Donation”
What do you think of when you hear the words “alumni donation”? If you are a recent graduate who has started receiving mail about the Wesleyan Fund, you are most likely thinking about the ways to financially donate to Wesleyan. However, recent alum Tim Devane ’09 shares a different concept of alumni giving in a…
Guest Post from Max Perel-Slater ’11: Maji Safi and Global Handwashing Day
According to the American Cleaning Institute, hand washing with soap is the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent the diarrheal and acute respiratory infections that are responsible for millions of child deaths every single year in developing countries. Global Handwashing Day began on October 15, 2008 as a day to promote hand washing with…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: the third report from Faye Phillips ’13 with Maji Safi in Tanzania
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient is reporting back about his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the third and final report from Faye Phillips ’13, who designed and implemented the Women and Girls Hygiene program for Maji Safi Group, which was…